The Milwaukee Bucks clambered aboard the team plane, a Delta charter departing from Wisconsin, where coronavirus cases were about to triple over the course of the NBA Finals. Players and essential support staff squirmed down the aisle of the Boeing 727, bound for Arizona, where 900 new cases would be …
Read More »Fox News' Anti-Vaccination Hysteria Has Reached a Disturbing New Level
Brian Kilmeade employed some interesting logic on Friday to criticize President Biden’s push to get more Americans vaccinated. “They’re going to knock on your door, they’re going to demand that you take it, and they’re going to give you a third shot,” the Fox & Friends host said. “It’s unbelievable …
Read More »Why Are Women Bearing the Brunt of Vaccine Side Effects?
Six of the six people who developed a rare blood clotting disorder after being inoculated with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine were women. Of the 66 cases of anaphylaxis reported after the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, 63 were women. And of the blood clots that have prompted European countries …
Read More »How the Anti-Vaxxers Got Red-Pilled
O n Christmas Eve, Steven Brandenburg, a Milwaukee-area pharmacist, attempted to destroy more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine, because, he admitted, he feared the Moderna drug would “alter the recipient’s DNA.” Described in law-enforcement documents as a “conspiracy theorist,” Brandenburg, 46, had reportedly warned his wife that “the world …
Read More »New York Severely Underestimated Nursing Home Deaths from Covid-19, State Attorney General Finds
A new report by New York‘s attorney general concluded that the state’s department of health likely undercounted the number of nursing home deaths from Covid-19 by as much as 50 percent. This news comes after the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, had been seen by many — including Rolling Stone— as …
Read More »WWE Relocates WrestleMania 37 From Los Angeles Area to Tampa Bay
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that it would relocate its WrestleMania 37 event from the Los Angeles area — where 1 million people currently test positive for the coronavirus — to Tampa Bay, Florida. The annual event was originally scheduled to take place March 28th at Inglewood, California’s SoFi …
Read More »The Road: 100 Days of Travel in Pandemic-Ravaged America
I lost my mind during the plague year. The fact that my country also lost its mind was of little comfort. Maybe you lost your mind too. There were so many opportunities. Maybe you were hiding from an invisible virus in an oppressive New York apartment, listening to the sirens …
Read More »Five Exchanges That Defined the Final Debate of 2020
The first debate was pandemonium. The second was canceled after the president was hospitalized with Covid-19. The third and, mercifully, last debate was a relatively sedate affair. It took place a week and half before what we call Election Day, but already 50 million Americans have locked in their votes …
Read More »'Not All of Us Are Dying' Fox Host Says of Trump's COVID-19 Response
Talk about a low bar. Fox News’ Neil Cavuto not only equated himself with essential workers who are exposed to the coronavirus at a much higher rate than television news hosts but, by doing so, he also minimized the recent surge in cases nationally as he wrapped up his interview …
Read More »Lauded New COVID-19 Treatment Is Promising — But It's Not a Miracle Cure
An inexpensive and widely available steroid used since the early 1960s and known for its anti-inflammatory properties is being touted as the next life-saving treatment for COVID-19 — but it’s not the miracle cure people have been hoping for. It’s called dexamethasone, and is one of several drugs tested in …
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